Billy Wilder (1906 - 2002)

Austrian-born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist.

* June 22, 1906 Sucha, Austria-Hungary (now Sucha Beskidzka, Poland)
 as Samuel Wilder
 March 27, 2002 West Los Angeles, California, USA



Books by Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder, Edwin Blum Stalag 17 Billy Wilder, Edwin Blum
Stalag 17, the complete screenplay
Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 1999

Books on Billy Wilder

Karen McNally (ed.) Billy Wilder, movie-maker Karen McNally (ed.)
Billy Wilder, movie-maker, Critical essays on the films
Jefferson, NC, 2011

Michaela Naumann
Billy Wilder-hinter der Maske der Komödie, Der kritische Umgang mit dem kulturellen Selbstverständnis amerikanischer Identität
Marburg, 2011

Gene D. Phillips
Some like it Wilder, The life and controversial films of Billy Wilder
Lexington, Ky., 2010

Gerd Gemünden
A foreign affair, Billy Wilder's American films
New York, 2008

Daniel Hermsdorf Billy Wilder Daniel Hermsdorf
Billy Wilder, Filme - Motive - Kontroverses
Bochum, 2006

R. Aurich/A. Hutter/W. Jacobsen/G. Krenn (Hg.) Billie R. Aurich/A. Hutter/W. Jacobsen/G. Krenn (Hg.)
Billie, Billy Wilders Wiener journalistische Arbeiten
Wien, 2006

Charlotte Chandler Nobody's Perfect Charlotte Chandler
Nobody's Perfect, Billy Wilder - A Personal Biography
New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Singapore, 2002

Sam Staggs
Close-up on Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the dark Hollywood dream
New York, 2002

Nora Henry Ethics and Social Criticism in the Hollywood Films of Erich von Stroheim, Ernst Lubitsch, and Billy Wilder Nora Henry
Ethics and Social Criticism in the Hollywood Films of Erich von Stroheim, Ernst Lubitsch, and Billy Wilder
Wetport, Connecticut - London, 2001

Cameron Crowe Conversations with Wilder Cameron Crowe
Conversations with Wilder
New York, 2001

Robert Horton (ed.)
Billy Wilder, Interviews
Jackson, 2001

Nora Henry
Ethics and social criticism in the Hollywood films of Erich von Stroheim, Ernst Lubitsch, and Billy Wilder.
Westport, Conn., 2001

Richard Armstrong
Billy Wilder, American film realist
Jefferson, N.C., 2000

Ed Sikov
On Sunset Boulevard, The Life and Times of Billy Wilder
New York, 1998

Bernard F. Dick Billy Wilder Bernard F. Dick
Billy Wilder
New York, 1996

Kevin Lally
Wilder times, The life of Billy Wilder
New York, 1996

Hellmuth Karasek Billy Wilder Hellmuth Karasek
Billy Wilder, Eine Nahaufnahme
München, 1992

Willem Hesling (red.)
Billy Wilder, Tussen Weimar en Hollywood
Leuven, 1991

Maurice Zolotow
Billy Wilder in Hollywood
New York, 1977

Tom Wood
The Bright Side of Billy Wilder, Primarily
Garden City, N.Y., 1970

Books with substantial mentioning of Billy Wilder

Alain Silver and James Ursini (eds.) Film Noir Alain Silver and James Ursini (eds.)
Film Noir, The Directors
Milwaukee, WI, 2012

Vincent Brook
Driven to darkness, Jewish émigré directors and the rise of film noir
New Brunswick, N.J., 2009

Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell Encyclopedia of Film Noir Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell
Encyclopedia of Film Noir
Westport, Connecticut/London, 2007

George Stevens, Jr (ed.)
Conversations with the great moviemakers of Hollywood's golden age at the American Film Institute
New York, 2006

Ken Dancyger
The director's idea, The path to great directing
Amsterdam; Boston, 2006

Rudolf Ulrich Österreicher in Hollywood Rudolf Ulrich
Österreicher in Hollywood
Wien, 2004

John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume Two
New York, NY, 2002

Adrian Stahlecker
Film en kunst in ballingschap 1933-1945, Duitse artiesten en kunstenaars op de vlucht voor het naziregime
Den Haag, 2000

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Gene D. Phillips Exiles in Hollywood Gene D. Phillips
Exiles in Hollywood, Major European Film Directors in America
Bethlehem, London, 1998

Andrew Sarris (editor) The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Andrew Sarris (editor)
The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia
Detroit - New York - Toronto - London, 1998

Andrew Sarris You ain't heard nothin' yet Andrew Sarris
"You ain't heard nothin' yet", the American talking film ; history & memory ; 1927 - 1949
New York, Oxford, 1998

Duane Byrge, Robert Milton Miller The Screwball Comedy Films Duane Byrge, Robert Milton Miller
The Screwball Comedy Films, A History and Filmography, 1934-1942
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1987, A Survey of the Films of 1986
Pasadena, California; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1987

Stanley Hochman (ed.)
A Library of Film Criticism, American Film Directors
New York, 1974

Frank Arnau (Hrsg.)
Universal Filmlexikon 1932
Berlin/London, 1932

Books with an entry on Billy Wilder

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Christine Tomassini, editor, Carol Schwartz, contributing editor Magill's Cinema Annual 2003 Christine Tomassini, editor, Carol Schwartz, contributing editor
Magill's Cinema Annual 2003, 22nd Edition. A Survey of the Films of 2002
Detroit, New York, [..], 2003

Larry Langman Destination Hollywood Larry Langman
Destination Hollywood, The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2000

Helga und Karlheinz Wendtland Geliebter Kintopp Helga und Karlheinz Wendtland
Geliebter Kintopp, Sämtliche deutsche Spielfilme von 1929-1945 - Künstlerbiographien l_Z
Berlin, 1995

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Interviews

Robert Porfirio, Billy Wilder (1906- ), in: Robert Porfirio, Alain Silver and James Ursini (eds.), Film noir reader 3, New York, 2002

Articles on Billy Wilder

Andreas Hutter und Heinz Peters, Anfang und Ende in Krakau, Das Schicksal der Familie von Billy Wilder im Holocaust ist geklärt, in: Filmdienst, nr. 2, 2012 pp. 22-24

Robert Sklar, Authorship and Billy Wilder, in: Cynthia Lucia, Roy Grundmann, and Art Simon (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film, Malden, MA, Oxford, Chichester, 2012

Ulrike Schröder, Der charmante Querulant, in: Cinema (Germany), nr. 381, 2010 pp. 114-119

Angie Errigo, Billy Wilder, The All-Rounder, in: Empire, nr. 208, 2006 pp. 170-173